Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-06-13

philosopher expressed in these words: lie
silence des bonnes chose or. as a Free-thinker
of the time expresses it: THAT which the
Catholic Church aims at, above ALL is the whole
soul in its profoundest interior" 1t is the
Church that regenerates and sanctifies the soul
of man; that teaches him to believe to love
and to obey It is the Church that has changed
| the heart of that human trinity-the Family
| the father, the mother the child: that has re-
| placed marital and paternal despotisn by pro-
| tective and devoted authority; that has re-
placed the slavery of the wife by the dignity of
| mother that has sealed the child by infusing
| into its soul supernatural life, and impressing
upon its forehead the beauty of Jesus Christ;
| and in society and for society what does the
| Church do? She deposits and fructiies all the
germs of great social life; she exalts authority
| inculcates obedience and everywhere estab-
| fishes order The Church begets, at the same
time the respect of man for man. and the sub
mission of man to God; she inspires, in the
interior of the soul, the primitive element of all
social orders-namely, supreme love of absolute
truth and eternal justice, without which no
society on earth can be established or main
tanned. The Church plants and developes in
the interior of socidNnsttutions, as she does in
the interior of the human soul, all the prlnei-
pies of life-life divinely mysterious; di-
illustrious saints the light of the
world in charitable institutions. the
proudest boast of tue Christian civilization: as
lospitals for the sick, asylums for the old and
/ he youug-in a word, for all the wants and
m iseries of humanity. 1t is the Catholic Church
m 1t has founded those monasteries, denounced
frf,
Ann which, in reality, are sanctuaries of labor,
n9tn nee and fortitude, in which the great and
1aTye. works of antiquity are preserved as heri-
tae-,. for the oblivious and ungrateful genera
ti1,I,s of our age To the Catholic Church are we
indcyit ed for our most splendid works of art, OF
scie isa OF philosophy, metaphysics and theol-
GOV i was she that built those grand cathe.
09Tooisszn d bashcas whose architectural perfec-
fion. TN | rayishing beauty place them among
the rv,et DIS greatest wonders. But over and
above Id ese creations of her power and genius,
.beholikA her more precious and beautiful crea-
flows ana apostles and martyrs. confessors and
yirginssyvs % have gone forth from the bosom OF
Mofhe5r "a urch, crowned with the glory of
CHARITY ia glory OF humility, the glory of
obedieryte. the glory of selfabnegation, the
glory oifsai1a tity. oh, behold them those mill
ions mo- elll1n lions of saints shining in the radi-
ant heavens, Df the Church, more brightly than
the. stars indA armament. But, brethren, the
work of HoIsa of the Church the masterpiece
OF, raaste r)ie;a S, are the many and great ma
tions tha. .fsheA formed on the basis OF a true
Christian civil izatlon; yes, l say it unhesi-
tatiagly, 10 Lu uion, no people, ever attained
her standard an under the influence of her
teaching And I ct there are men who have
the effr0nte " to- l peak of the Catholic Church
as the enemy of oii iization. What the Catholic
Church hostiIe to civilization? She is so
identuh ID with true civilization.
the civilization ofma Christian people without
assooiating heunamR with it. Immortal name
Everywhere wa.iincs it inlaid in indestructible
bronze. We read il i the lives Of her apostles
1t is recorded in sAo cd upon the tombS of her
martyrs. Never was anne more widely known.
tory without enGouEa ering her name In
word AS the heGve rs declare bhe glory Of
God" so does the Garth proclaim the name and
ory of the Holy Cat holiu Church. Look at